On Science, Inference, Information and Decision-Making :
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[Book]
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Selected Essays in the Philosophy of Science.
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Jaakko Hintikka
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Dordrecht
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Springer Netherlands
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2012
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(255 pages)
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THE CONCEPT OF UNRELIABLE INFORMATIONINDEX OF NAMES.
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Front ; TABLE OF CONTENTS; SOME REMARKS ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE; INFORMATION AND DECISION-MAKING AS TOOLS OF PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE; METHOD AND CREATIVITY IN SCIENCE; SOCIOLOGY AND MODELS OF RATIONAL BEHAVIOUR; MATHEMATICAL MODELS AND SOCIAL FACTS*; SCIENCE AS A SEARCH FOR INFORMATION; INFERENCE OR BEHAVIOUR?*; A NOTE ON CONFIRMATION OF STATISTICAL HYPOTHESES; ON SOME BASIC PATTERNS OF STATISTICAL INFERENCE; A METHOD OF DECIDING BETWEEN N STATISTICAL HYPOTHESES; THE VALUE OF PERFECT INFORMATION; TYPES OF INFORMATION AND THEIR ROLE IN THE METHODOLOGY OF SCIENCE.